The figure rating scale as an index of weight status of women on videotape

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2132-2135

  Cardinal, Tiffany M ^a   Kaciroti, Niko ^a   Lumeng, Julie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body image; Psychometrics; Scale reliability and validity; Videotape recording

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33846313259     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.249     Document Type: Article

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